Clinical & Health Affairs Team

In his roles as Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs and Vice President for Health Affairs, Vicente Gracias leads the growth and evolution of the Rutgers Health clinical enterprise and clinical learning environment. He works closely with the deans, faculty leaders, and health system partners to encourage collaboration, advance excellence, and provide strategic direction. He is also the chief academic officer for RWJBarnabas Health and a professor of surgery.

Kimberly Tuby supports the Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs in leading and operationalizing key initiatives and committees in support of Rutgers Health’s strategic priorities and in collaboration with partners. In particular, she has been involved in health education initiatives, policy development, and the office’s strategic planning and communications. Functioning as chief of staff and lead administrator for the office, Kimberly works to ensure smooth operations and cross-team coordination.

Michele Donald is executive assistant to the Senior Vice Chancellor for Clinical Affairs and has over 16 years of executive-level administrative experience, with a background in both private and public sectors. She is also responsible for organizing and scheduling many of the special events for the office.

Joyce Porter drives projects pertaining to clinical operations, student health, and population health. Through her previous experiences in acute care settings, she has developed a passion for improving health care access and effectiveness. 

Amy Rockman employs data science and statistical methods to inform population health initiatives. Rockman studies epidemiology as a master of science candidate at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. Prior to joining Rutgers University, she conducted population-level research analytics for the City of New York.

Rozeena Ashraf leads and supports human resources and faculty affairs-related projects and other initiatives. She has over 20 years of high level confidential administrative experience, makes independent decisions, and provides project management support and high quality customer service.

Tissany Chatman has over 20 years of administrative experience to her role. In addition, she also works with university procurement and human resources.

Katyana Scott has over 20 years of administrative experience. She works on special projects and additional administrative functions within the office.

Vice Chancellor Ethan Halm aims to advance population health initiatives in research, education, and clinical care across Rutgers Health schools and their clinical partners. He is Deputy Chief Population Health Officer for RWJBarnabas Health and professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. He is also a member of the Rutgers Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Global Health Institute, and School of Public Health. He is an accomplished leader, researcher, and mentor.

Mary Marchetta O'Dowd leads and supports multi-disciplinary population health-related programs and research projects. She develops partnerships with health care and public health partners at the state, local, and community level. She serves on the board of directors for University Hospital in Newark, as the designee of the President of Rutgers University and is a member of several advisory boards. Prior to joining Rutgers, she served as the commissioner for the New Jersey Department of Health. 

Jack Hemphill manages operations for the Office of Population Health by coordinating the planning, design, implementation, and evaluation of its various initiatives spanning research, education, clinical care, and community engagement. Previously, he served as Battalion Supervisor for the Rutgers University Police Department Community Service Officer Division and co-president of the Rutgers Global Health Institute Student Council. He is currently co-chair of the Rutgers MHA Alumni Association Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee.

Kathryna Corpuz supports several population health projects, including the Rutgers Population Health Consortium, student wellness, and the creation and dissemination of health messages for the Believe in a Healthy Newark initiative. Before joining Rutgers, she was a senior associate for the USAID Health Policy Plus Project at The Palladium Group, supporting the project’s family planning portfolio and overall monitoring and evaluation efforts.

Allison Marcucci provides administrative support to the Vice Chancellor for Population Health and supports a broad range of essential administrative duties for the Office. She possesses 20 years of administrative experience in higher education, with previous roles supporting the Office of the Secretary of the University and the RWJMS Dean’s Office.

Vice Chancellor Sherry Huang works to advance the training of the 1,600 graduate medical education residents and fellows in the Rutgers Health system to achieve the best educational and clinical experiences. She practices in clinical pediatric gastroenterology as a professor of pediatrics at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and has expertise in early risk colon cancer. She is passionate about teaching and serves as a mentor to students, residents, fellows, and junior faculty.

Jaclyn Manzo supports the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Medical Education in developing and maintaining the educational quality of all Rutgers Health physician training programs and ensuring compliance with accreditation standards and other regulatory requirements. She functions as a liaison between program directors, program coordinators, trainees, faculty, and the office.

Marc Masciocchi supports the Vice Chancellor for Graduate Medical Education in developing budgets and financial models to ensure the short- and long-term fiscal health of all Rutgers Health physician training programs. He functions as a liaison between program directors and finance professionals representing New Jersey Medical School, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, and health system partners.

Fayola Edwards has experience in higher education administration, financial reporting, budgeting, and human resource management to her role. She provides advanced, diversified, and confidential administrative and management support within the office.

Ayla Osman assists with projects related to New Innovations compliance and training, accreditation survey analysis, annual program evaluation distribution and data collection, and general coordination of efforts in the alignment of graduate medical education across the sponsoring institution.

Noa'a Shimoni works closely with the student health services across Rutgers. She is passionate about student well-being and leads multiple projects to build student mental health resources across the university. Her work centers on advancing a wellness community and utilizing informatics to prioritize student population health.

Chantal Brazeau serves as Chief Wellness Officer, as well as the Assistant Dean for Faculty Vitality at New Jersey Medical School and Robert Wood Johnson Medical School. Her role includes fostering a culture of professional well-being and providing strategic planning and vision for initiatives that support the well-being of multi-professional faculty, providers, and learners in the academic and clinical environments.

Gregory Peck is a first-generation college graduate and double board-certified surgeon in general surgery and surgical critical care. While completing his master of clinical and translational science and two-year New Jersey Alliance for Clinical and Translational Science (NJACTS) Career Development Award, he is the 2021 to 2023 KL2 Junior Faculty Scholar supported by the NCATS-funded Rutgers hub. His research focuses on multi-level etiologic factors of disease requiring emergency surgery associated with preventable mortality.

Working with the chancellor's office and Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital leadership, Joseph Hanna is exploring vulnerabilities and solutions to eliminating preventable harm in healthcare delivery in a data-driven approach using surgical system science and participatory action research. He is an acute care surgeon board certified in general surgery and surgical critical care with additional certification in hyperbaric medicine. His research focuses on surgical system science, surgical quality, and academic global surgery.

Associate Vice Chancellor Andrew Evens helps to foster a culture of innovation across multiple medical and health disciplines and provide leadership on operational data analytics and clinical decision-making support systems. He is also associate director for clinical services at the Rutgers Cancer Institute of New Jersey; medical director of the oncology service line and oncology lead for the combined medical group for RWJBarnabas Health; and professor of medicine at Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.